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Definition of Dampener
1. Noun. A device that dampens or moistens something. "He used a dampener to moisten the shirts before he ironed them"
Definition of Dampener
1. Noun. A device that moistens or dampens something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dampener
1. one that dampens [n -S] - See also: dampens
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dampener
Literary usage of Dampener
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Women and the Trades, Pittsburgh, 1907-1908 by Elizabeth Beardsley Butler (1909)
"In the case of the shirt dampener, the articles are fed directly between the rolls.
Serious accidents formerly caused by this machine have led to the ..."
2. Women and the Trades, Pittsburgh, 1907-1908 by Elizabeth Beardsley Butler (1909)
"Serious accidents formerly caused by this machine have led to the partial enclosure
of the rolls by a wooden shield, and as the dampener is in use only ..."
3. American Druggist (1885)
"The margin of the wafer which is to serve as the cover for that holding the powder
is moistened with the dampener (C), previously wetted by being pressed ..."
4. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1919)
"2i)4—How to Connect, Shorten and Adjust the Silent Chain. Vn Adjustable Silent
Chain Sprocket and Vibration dampener. (Morse as an example. ..."
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